Contents

THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS (1899)--	PAGE
THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE	3
THE EVERLASTING VOICES	4
THE MOODS	5
THE LOVER TELLS OF THE ROSE IN HIS HEART	6
THE HOST OF THE AIR	7
THE FISHERMAN	9
A CRADLE SONG	10
INTO THE TWILIGHT.	11
THE SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS	12
THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER	14
THE HEART OF THE WOMAN	15
THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE	16
HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND HIS BELOVED AND LONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD	17
HE BIDS HIS BELOVED BE AT PEACE	19
HE REPROVES THE CURLEW	20
HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY	21
A POET TO HIS BELOVED	22
HE GIVES HIS BELOVED CERTAIN RHYMES	23
To HIS HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR	24
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THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS (contd.)	PAGE
THE CAP AND BELLS.	25
THE VALLEY OF THE BLACK PIG	27
THE LOVER ASKS FORGIVENESS BECAUSE OF HIS MANY MOODS	28
HE TELLS OF A VALLEY FULL OF LOVERS	30
HE TELLS OF THE PERFECT BEAUTY	31
HE HEARS THE CRY OF THE SEDGE	32
HE THINKS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN EVIL OF HIS BELOVED	33
THE BLESSED	34
THE SECRET ROSE	36
MAID QUIET	38
THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION	39
THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS	40
A LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COMING DAYS	41
THE POET PLEADS WITH THE ELEMENTAL POWERS	42
HE WISHES HIS BELOVED WERE DEAD	44
HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN	45
HE THINKS OF HIS PAST GREATNESS WHEN A PART OF THE CONSTELLATIONS OF HEAVEN	46
THE FIDDLER OF DOONEY	47
THE OLD AGE OF QUEEN MAEVE (1903)	49
BAILE AND AILLINN (1903)	59
IN THE SEVEN WOODS (1904)--
IN THE SEVEN WOODS	71
THE ARROW	72
p. ix
IN THE SEVEN WOODS (contd.)--	PAGE
THE FOLLY OF BEING COMFORTED	73
OLD MEMORY	74
NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART	75
THE WITHERING OF THE BOUGHS	76
ADAM'S CURSE	78
RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND	80
THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER	82
UNDER THE MOON	83
THE RAGGED WOOD	85
O DO NOT LOVE TOO LONG	86
THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES	87
THE HAPPY TOWNLAND	89
THE SHADOWY WATERS (1906)--
INTRODUCTORY RHYMES	95
THE SHADOWY WATERS	99
FROM THE GREEN HELMET AND OTHER POEMS (1912)--
HIS DREAM	149
A WOMAN HOMER SUNG	150
THE CONSOLATION	151
NO SECOND TROY	152
RECONCILIATION	153
KING AND NO KING	154
PEACE	155
AGAINST UNWORTHY PRAISE	156
THE FASCINATION OF WHAT'S DIFFICULT	157
A DRINKING SONG	158
p. x
FROM THE GREEN HELMET AND OTHER POEMS (contd.)--	PAGE
THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME	159
ON HEARING THAT THE STUDENTS OF OUR NEW UNIVERSITY HAVE JOINED THE AGITATION AGAINST IMMORAL LITERATURE	160
TO A POET	161
THE MASK	162
UPON A HOUSE SHAKEN BY THE LAND AGITATION	163
AT THE ABBEY THEATRE	164
THESE ARE THE CLOUDS	165
AT GALWAY RACES .	166
A FRIENDS ILLNESS	167
ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME	168
THE YOUNG MAN'S SONG	169
RESPONSIBILITIES (1914)--
INTRODUCTORY RHYMES	173
THE GREY ROCK	177
THE TWO KINGS	182
TO A WEALTHY MAN	193
SEPTEMBER 1913	195
TO A FRIEND WHOSE WORK HAS COME TO NOTHING	197
PAUDEEN	198
TO A SHADE	199
WHEN HELEN LIVED	201
ON THOSE THAT HATED "THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD," 1907	202
THE THREE BEGGARS	203
THE THREE HERMITS	206
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RESPONSIBILITIES (contd.)--	PAGE
BEGGAR TO BEGGAR CRIED	208
RUNNING TO PARADISE	210
THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN	212
THE PLAYER QUEEN	217
THE REALISTS	218
I. THE WITCH	219
II. THE PEACOCK	220
THE MOUNTAIN TOMB	221
I. TO A CHILD DANCING IN THE WIND	222
II. TWO YEARS LATER	223
A MEMORY OF YOUTH	224
FALLEN MAJESTY	225
FRIENDS	226
THE COLD HEAVEN .	228
THAT THE NIGHT COME	229
AN APPOINTMENT	230
I. THE MAGI	231
II. THE DOLLS	232
A COAT	233
CLOSING RHYMES	234
THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE (1919)--
THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE	237
IN MEMORY OF MAJOR ROBERT GREGORY	239
AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH	245
MEN IMPROVE WITH THE YEARS	246
THE COLLAR-BONE OF A HARE	247
UNDER THE ROUND TOWER	248
SOLOMON TO SHEBA	250
THE LIVING BEAUTY	251
A SONG	252
p. xii
THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE (contd.)	PAGE
TO A YOUNG BEAUTY	253
TO A YOUNG GIRL	254
THE SCHOLARS	255
TOM O'ROUGHLEY	256
THE SAD SHEPHERD	257
LINES WRITTEN IN DEJECTION	265
THE DAWN	266
ON WOMAN	267
THE FISHERMAN	269
THE HAWK	271
MEMORY	272
HER PRAISE	273
THE PEOPLE	275
HIS PHOENIX	277
A THOUGHT FROM PROPERTIUS	280
BROKEN DREAMS	281
A DEEP-SWORN VOW	283
PRESENCES	284
THE BALLOON OF THE MIND	285
TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-GNO	286
ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM	287
IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN	288
UPON A DYING LADY	290
EGO DOMINUS TUUS	295
A PRAYER ON GOING INTO MY HOUSE.	300
THE PHASES OF THE MOON	301
THE CAT AND THE MOON	310
THE SAINT AND THE HUNCHBACK	312
TWO SONGS OF A FOOL	313
ANOTHER SONG OF A FOOL	315
THE DOUBLE VISION OF MICHAEL ROBARTES	316
p. xiii
MICHAEL ROBARTES AND THE DANCER (1921)--	PAGE
MICHAEL ROBARTES AND THE DANCER	323
SOLOMON AND THE WITCH	327
AN IMAGE FROM A PAST LIFE	329
UNDER SATURN	332
EASTER, 1916	334
SIXTEEN DEAD MEN	337
THE ROSE TREE	338
ON A POLITICAL PRISONER	339
THE LEADERS OF THE CROWD .	341
TOWARDS BREAK OF DAY	342
DEMON AND BEAST	344
THE SECOND COMING	346
A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER .	348
A MEDITATION IN TIME OF WAR	352
TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT BALLYLEE	353
NOTES	355

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